David Beckham Quotations

When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children.

Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates.

I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.

I'm a very stubborn person. I think it has helped me over my career. I'm sure it has hindered me at times as well, but not too many times. I know that if I set my mind to do something, even if people are saying I can't do it, I will achieve it.

I would never complain about the position I'm in or the attention I get. At the end of the day, I'm very lucky to have what I have and do what I do, but I don't see myself as any different from anyone else who works hard and is a dad and a husband.

I still look at myself and want to improve.

At the end of the day, I'm a footballer who has played at some of the biggest football clubs in the world and played with some of the best players in the world.

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe.

We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

Over the years, when I've seen players retire, when you ask them about it, they always say you'll know when you're ready, and I think I know when I'm ready. I think I'm ready.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

As a footballer you always want to test yourself against the best.

Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think I'll ever go naked, but I'll never say never.

I respect all religions, but I'm not a deeply religious person. But I try and live life in the right way, respecting other people. I wasn't brought up in a religious way, but I believe there's something out there that looks after you.

I think the most important goal I scored in Spain was the first one because people were wary about me coming over to Spain as a player - they thought I was just there to sell shirts.

It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!

Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?

I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.

I remember how inspiring it was to meet players like Bobby Charlton or Bryan Robson when I was a kid. I still remember Clive Allen showing up when I received a trophy for my Sunday league team.

I don't regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

Being at a club that supported me meant a lot.

I love a nice tailored suit, but I also like to dress down. It all depends on what mood I'm in.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

I feel this pang of regret whenever I watch sport; this sense that I will never play a big match again.

I have always found it an honor that people have wanted to buy my shirt and an honor that fans turn up to watch the team I am playing in. I have always found that a huge honor.

I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.

When I was a kid, I thought my dad was a little bit harsh with me at times. Sometimes I needed an arm around me instead of my dad telling me what I did wrong, but it obviously worked.

Throughout my career I have been pretty successful, I've played for some pretty big teams, represented my country quite a few times, and played for managers without sentiment.

I've played under some of the biggest and best managers and achieved almost everything in football. Of course it hurts when people question it, but I've come to the end of my career and can look back and say I've achieved everything with every club that I've played for.

My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

Everyone's been so quick to say that I'm really thick or I haven't got a brain. People will think whatever they want to think.

I like nice clothes, whether they're dodgy or not.

Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

The buzz is still with me. I get goose bumps.

With United, we'd all grown up together, we all wanted to win the biggest trophy in football. We did it togther.

I can't get through some movies without shedding a tear; I can't lie.

Rosewood has always been one of my favourite scents, as has the pink grapefruit and pepper we've also put in Homme.

I've got my wife. I've got my four kids. I've got parents, grandparents still, and three really good friends. It's all you need. I'd rather have three really good friends than 20 good friends.

I wasn't as fit as I would of liked to have been, going to the World Cup, but I'm not sure what difference that made.

No one's ever really given me any style advice. I wear what I want, and it doesn't matter what other people think.

I'm used to being around kids. Even when I was growing up in London, I had an older sister, I had a younger sister that I used to look after from time to time.

I've felt a little tired, but I'm only 24. I love playing football. That's my job and that's what I love doing.

I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case.

My ambition is to just see kids coming here and having fun. I always said that the academy and the kids coming through is not about elitism. It is about boys and girls age eight to 15 coming down, having fun and enjoying themselves.

One of the reasons why Brooklyn didn't go to a (Spanish) school was because of the press attention,

I wouldn't call myself a failure like I have been called by some but at the end of the day that's something I'm looking forward to proving this summer,

Maybe United think that's the best way, out before you know it. I'm not sure I agree,

Obviously I don't know what is going to happen. But I am happy there and would like to stay there.

Obviously Jonathan was one of the best young defenders in England when he was there and now he is very important for Real Madrid,

Obviously, it's important he doesn't get a yellow card, ... But he can't go into the game -- and I'm sure the manager won't ask him to go into the game -- worrying about that yellow card because it could affect his performance.

I'd like to think things will get better,

I'd love him to be playing against us, because he is one of my closest friends and because he is a great player - and you want to play against the best.

If this team plays to its full potential then we can be devastating and, if we do that, hopefully we'll get a good result and beat Arsenal.

Mine was a great goal but the important thing was the team winning,

Sol is a great player, and you don't become a bad player just because of two or three bad games.

Sol is a strong person and a strong-minded person - and he will do what he wants and what he thinks best.

So it is going to put a lot of strain on my back.

From the word go, we're going to try and hit them as hard as we can,

From watching him, I don't think that'll be a problem in his career,

I don't think he would have a problem with any place he went to. I think he is an experienced manager and can handle it.

I don't think I could have struck it any better but I think the goalkeeper has read where I was going to put it and that's unfortunate for me. If I had put it away, maybe it would have been all over but we're not going to know that now.

I don't think we've done as much conditioning work at Real Madrid as we used to do at Manchester United.

He was involved in a lot of things when he came on as he was against Argentina in November.

We may be tired in the next few games, but I think we will benefit. This is the sort of work I want to do, I enjoy it and I like working hard.

I am honored to have been asked to go to Singapore for what will be a historic vote,

If we win the next two games then, even if we finished in second place in the group, we've got very high points. We need to win, simple as that. That's what's we're here for. We said that before the Wales game we want to get six points out of the two games and that's what we look for.

If we win the next two games, we go top of the group, that's all we have to do.

He is doing what he thinks is best. If that means we play a side or in a way that not many people agree with, then we have got to put that aside, move on and hopefully win the game.

He showed once again what a great player he is and we got to swap shirts at the end.

I went through a tough time for maybe three years after that,

I went for the gaffer. I don't know if I've ever lost control like that in my life before. It was like some mad scene out of a gangster movie.

I went into the World Cup always worrying about getting fit for the first game and I haven't got that worry now,

Playing against some of the best defenders in the world, he ran away from a couple and held off a couple and that's not easy to do,

Join in -- give the English pains in their legs on June 17 against Switzerland,

Me? I would love to be famous in America. I like the American people and I like the way they look up to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods . I'm sure they criticize their stars occasionally but it doesn't reach the point where they ever put down their own people and their own stars. That's what's nice for me.

I think the 2006 World Cup in Germany is probably as far as it will go for me as an England player,

It is frustrating to hear the fans criticize the manager so close to the World Cup. As players it is hard for us to take. They are entitled to their views because it costs a lot of money to follow the team everywhere.

It is important for me to have four or five more years in football.

I think he's one of Britain's best young sportsmen.

It doesn't mean just because Michael is coming back, and I'm maybe in a different position, that things are going to change in the next game.

I think the next England manager should be someone who's going to be right for the job whether he is English or foreign. I think the players would be happy to play under anyone if they are good for the team. But all the talk needs to stop about who's coming in because we need to concentrate on a huge competition.

I think the list is a list of the best managers in football. It's easy to say who you want but getting them is going to be difficult but then again this is Real Madrid.

I was asked if the next World Cup was going to be my last and I said possibly it could be, but I hope it isn't,

I think it is better for the team to have a regular penalty-taker rather than me who hardly ever takes them for Real,

I thought the first yellow was harsh and the second even harsher,

We can't afford to get carried away but we are in a position where we need just need to draw,

I would like to think that we can peak in the same way as the rugby team did,

We can't keep making excuses going into competitions because with the talent we have in our country we have to go into this competition with the aim of going as far as we can.